Latest Updates on Today’s Senate Gun Control Amendments

Now that the Toomey/Manchin amendment has failed, the other amendments are having their time on the Senate floor. There’s a ton of these things, so rather than posting a new article for each one I’m just going to start one post and keep it updated with the latest news. We’ll probably post a small celebratory story when the AWB is finally beaten down, but for everything else Senate related this is your stop. Hit your “F5” button to see the latest results.

DEBATE IS CLOSED for the day, continuing tomorrow. Stay tuned!

Lautenberg / Blumenthal Amendment FAILS, 46/54

Bans “high capacity” magazines

Burr Amendment FAILS, 56/44

Requires judicial decision for Veterans Affairs to place someone on the NICS denial list.

Feinstein Assault Weapons Ban Amendment FAILS, 40/60

LOL “large velocity guns,” another wonderful example of Senator Feinstein playing Bingo with firearms-related vocabulary and rolling with whatever she can think up no matter if it actually makes sense. Also, where can I get my hands on these 100+ round clips she’s talking about? That’s got to be one large piece of aluminum . . .

Cornyn National Concealed Carry Reciprocity AmendmentFAILS 57/43

By the way, I LOVE how Chuck Schumer’s argument about national reciprocity was that states should be able to set their own policies about guns, that what works in one state might not work in others. Which begs the question: why then is he pushing so hard to expand New York’s values about gun control on all of the other states?

I’m confused, how exactly could a felon, a person whom even the mere possession of a single round of ammunition is illegal, be able to “legally” carry a handgun with a FL CWP. Discounting the fact that the background check would disqualify him from receiving one, how again is he not in illegal possession of a firearm?

Hey, outright lying has put EVERY politician in office. With lazy citizens, who do not their homework, plus those that blindly vote down party lines (that is nothing but a con game), and those that are just flat out stupid, that is what you get.

Heck, each and everyone of them makes an oath to support the Constitution. That SHOULD mean you support the WHOLE document, including the parts you do not like.

In our case, 98 out of 100 are willing to violate one or more provisions of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.

It’s great hearing Sen. Schumer explain how absolutely every single police or law enforcement officer in the United States is against concealed carry in places like times square as the reason for voting against national reciprocity. That big police survey the other day must have been a huge mistake.

Ralph,
This question actually went through my head when I looked at the vote count. What should those of us who normally vote Republican do when our Dem Senator votes the right way? I’m just worried that as soon as they don’t think anyone is paying attention, they will sell us down a river. For example, had this vote happened in 2012, I doubt Tester would have voted yes.

While it’s heartening to see things like the AWB go down, still…being reminded that we have 40 traitors/domestic terrorists in the Senate is woeful. I wish I could go back to my youth in the 80s when I still thought this was a free country.

In regards to Cornyn National Concealed Carry Reciprocity Amendment , as much as I want it, I would rather have the states come to an agreement with one another on an individual bases than have it forced top down. It’s come to a point where the more the Feds gets involved in Constitutional issues, (without proper amendment procedures and/or the use of Constitutional convention) even with the “best” attention, it becomes a mess. Regardless as good as a sign this is, we still have to maintain vigilance for Liberty. No doubt Reid will continue to try to push this through once more. Oh and look, there’s the president up there again, using those poor parents of Sandy Hook as a political weapon. Shameful.

I wonder if they plan to try to hammer out another compromise overnight or in the coming days to draw some more votes towards the background checks. If they do, one can only hope that it is clear to the pro-gun control camp now that compromise is not when you get only half of what you want, but when both sides get what they want.

The “NO” votes by most of the Republicans from pro-gun states were expected, but how awesome it is that you have even Democratic senators voting “NO” on the Feinstein’s AWB? 40-60 is a pretty strong smackdown.

On the flipside, only 3 more votes for NATIONAL reciprocity conceal carry! That’s was almost a HUGE win for the gun community.

Great job everybody who wrote e-mails, called, etc. The struggle for our rights continues, but I think everyone ought to treat themselves to a cold beverage (or 2) tonight. =D

Standard capacity vote:
A separate amendment introduced by Sens. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) to limit the size of magazines to 10 rounds failed with a vote of 46-54. Kirk was again the only Republican to vote for the measure.
Among the Democrat senators who opposed an assault weapons ban, five showed support for a ban on high-capacity magazines: Bennet, Heinrich, Johnson, Mark Udall and Tom Udall. So did King. Ten voted against it: Baucus, Begich, Donnelly, Hagan, Heitkamp, Landrieu, Manchin, Pryor, Tester and Warner.